BTS Onnut Slowness

[Crossy]

21 hours ago, Jimdandy said:

so it's easy to get to the end of the line and change cars quickly and efficiently.

 

Really? Have you any idea just how long it takes to split a permanently coupled train-set even in the depot?

 

Also, you can't "just add cars", the current 4-car trains are the maximum length (two power cars and two trailers) that the power cars and the power supply system can support, so adding two more (to make 6 car trains) will not be a low-cost exercise ????

 

It would have been nice if the system was originally designed to allow two 3-car trainsets to be coupled to make a 6-car. But that would have needed a significant number of "spare" sets that would see little use in the early days, the money just wasn't there. We are now paying for the shortcomings in the original "to a price" design.

 

[ballpoint]

On ‎7‎/‎9‎/‎2019 at 5:12 PM, Just Weird said:

What are we supposed to be checking out?

The enormous amount of people on the platform waiting for the pitifully small 4 car train that will be bursting at the seams once they all try to board it.  Or so some would try and have us believe.

 

Now, this is what I call a crowded train:

 

Edited July 11, 2019 by ballpoint

[pkspeaker]

boarded one of the new-type bts train today.friday @ siam  4pm reached phrakonong in exactly 15min, no delays.. too bad i was geting off b4 onut, couldof cheked

[Just Weird]

20 hours ago, pkspeaker said:

boarded one of the new-type bts train today.friday @ siam  4pm reached phrakonong in exactly 15min, no delays.. too bad i was geting off b4 onut, couldof cheked

No, you couldn't "of" [sic], you were going in the opposite direction.

 

It's back to normal now, anyway, at least it was on Thursday afternoon.

[mtls2005]

Overnight track repair was the reason given (on Thai social media by BTS employees) for the in-bound and out-bound low speeds between Nana and Ploenchit last month. Seems like it takes ~ 7 - 10 days for the repairs. They have to move over the repair areas very slowly.

 

Assume it's the same for the On Nut/Phrakhanong segment(s)?